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• Title: So Far from the Shire: Psychological Distance and Isolation in the Lord of the Rings (Critical Essay)
• Author : Mythlore
• Release Date : January 22, 2008
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 189 KB

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TOLKIEN'S EPIC TALE THE LORD OF THE RINGS follows the journey of Frodo Baggins as he travels away from the safety and familiarity of his home in the Shire to fulfill the almost impossible mission of destroying the powerful One Ring. Along with his faithful servant Sam, Frodo travels literally to the other side of his world of Middle-earth; for much of the journey the two hobbits travel alone, isolated from their companions. It is this isolation and psychological distance, even more than the physical distance, that separate Frodo from all that is safe and known and ultimately take a toll on his self confidence and emotional strength. Devin Brown, in a 2006 article in Mythlore, explored Frodo's consistent preference for seclusion, citing his quest in the text as one of moving "from isolation to community" (Brown 163). Following this focus, Frodo's sense of isolation as he loses all of his fellow travelers except for the faithful Sam is selfimposed: a character trait about which Frodo is warned by Gandalf and others. According to Brown, "if Frodo is to grow from his condition of isolation to the more mature condition of community, he will have to give up the Ring and his pattern of seclusion" (166). Inevitably, this type of personal quest remains incomplete; although Frodo does manage to destroy the perilous One Ring, he remains an introvert who prefers few friends and quiet times.

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